Puppet Enterprise < 2019.8.7 / 2021.x < 2021.2 Nginx Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 184150

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Synopsis

An instance of Puppet Enterprise installed on the remote system is affected by a nginx vulnerability.

Description

or more information about this vulnerability, refer to the security announcements for CVE-2021-23017

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Puppet Enterprise version 2019.8.7. 2021.2, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184150

File Name: puppet_enterprise_CVE-2021-23017.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/1/2023

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise

Required KB Items: installed_sw/puppet_enterprise_console

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23017

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